Last night the basketball world held its breath as Curry was only two 3-point field goals away from breaking Ray Allen's record and becoming the NBA's all-time leader in made threes. The game was stopped for several minutes in the first quarter to give everyone in Madison Square Garden a chance to appreciate greatness, because it took him a few minutes to grasp the brass ring. Everyone knew that Curry was the greatest shooter of all time.
I thought everyone knew. A few days ago on this website, Rob wrote a column titled "No-clutch Steph Curry is not the best shooter of all time." It was a take that made me gasp, drop my phone, and clutch my pearls. I wondered where I got these pearls.
Curry could make a million more three-pointers in the NBA. It would be hard for some to consider Curry the greatest shooter of all time.
If Curry made a million more threes, he would be ahead of second place by a factor of three. Who would deny him the title? Do you just mean you?
It is not a debate anymore. It has not been for a while. Curry is the best shooter. Everyone rolls their eyes when Stephen A. Smith says he is the greatest shooter of all time. We know. We are all on board. You don't have to keep repeating it. He might as well be saying that Tom Brady is the best quarterback of all time.
A lack of a signature moment is a reason for Curry not being the greatest. I'm off the top of my head about draining that half court shot to beat OKC in overtime. Does winning three titles count as a signature moment? We have that time if not to break the record. I would say it was pretty memorable. Even a signature.
Maybe Curry hasn't had his best performances in the NBA Finals. He hasn't won a FinalsMVP, an award given to the best player over a 4-7 game stretch, as some sign of fool's gold. He has won three titles. He could win more as the Warriors have the best record in the league right now, and he won one before Kevin Durant joined the team.
They were often winning series in four or five games. The C-team can get some playoff experience if they don't have as many opportunities for clutch shots.
Curry broke Ray Allen's record in 500 fewer games, but that's not a big deal because Allen averaged less than six threes a game. I think Allen shot 5.7 per game, and Curry shot 8.7, which is twice as many as 5.7. Curry shot a better percentage as well.
There was an alternative that was missing from the column. Who is the best ever if Curry isn't? Someone has to be the best. Even though he would rather have Allen or Reggie Miller in crunch time, they seem to think that Curry is the greatest, and I value their opinion on the matter.
Miller said this after Curry broke the record.
The way he changed the game is similar to how Babe Ruth changed baseball. The game has changed because of him. Number thirty is the reason why all thirty teams approach the game the same.
There is only one player that comes to mind when you hear about the man who changed the game. When Curry won his first championship in 2015, teams averaged 22.4 three-point attempts per game, and today they average 35.5. Teams do it because it works and they are trying to imitate Curry, even though SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA is SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA is SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA is SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA is SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA is SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA SALVAGEDATA You know what they say about imitation.
